Configuring the Project to use Boost

• Edit your project's properties (right-click, properties)
• Select C/C++ Build:Settings
• Under GCC C++ Compiler:Includes enter the include directory for boost.
  • Click the page with the green plus.
  • Select File system...
  • Enter or search to the directory. For my install location, the directory is: C:\workspaces\boost_1_43_0.
• Under MinGW C++ Linker:Libraries, enter both a library path as well as a library (for this example, we'll use boost date_time).
  • Under Libraries (-l), click on the page with a green plus
  • Enter the name of the library (minus "lib" and ".lib"): boost_date_time-mgw44-mt-1_43
  • Under Library search path (-L), click on the page with a green plus
  • Enter the directory where the library is located. On my machine it is C:\workspaces\boost_1_43_0\stage\lib
• Click OK
• Verify these settings.
  • Create a new file: BoostDateTimeSmokeTest.cpp:

#include <boost/date_time/gregorian/gregorian.hpp>
 
#include <CppUTest/TestHarness.h>
 
TEST_GROUP(Dates) {
 
};
 
TEST(Dates, CanBeLinkedIn) {
  using namespace boost::gregorian;
  std::string s("2001-10-9");
  date d(from_simple_string(s));
}

• Important: The CppUTest header files need to be included last.
• Build and run your tests. You're really just checking that you can compile and link.